Growth ranking
Fastest-growing tracked retail and consumer chains
Ranked by year-over-year growth of share of tracked local spend. Arrows show movement in the rankings since last year. Each dot in the chart is one tracked chain: bigger market position to the right, faster growth higher up, more tracked stores in a bigger dot. Colors match the store map below. Newbury Comics and Tiffany & Co. sit in the high-growth half.
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Chain
YoY growth
| Rank | Chain | Rank movement | YoY growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newbury Comics | ▲15 | +19.9% |
| 2 | Tiffany & Co. | ▲16 | +19.1% |
| 3 | J.Crew | ▲12 | +16.6% |
| 4 | NH Liquor & Wine Outlet | ▲4 | +15.7% |
| 5 | Super Petroleum | ▲10 | +15.6% |
| 6 | Hobby Lobby | ▲14 | +14.7% |
| 7 | Aubuchon Hardware | ▲12 | +14.3% |
| 8 | Irving Oil | ▲11 | +14.1% |
| 9 | Sunoco | ▲1 | +13.8% |
| 10 | Nouria | ▲4 | +13.7% |
| 11 | AL Prime | ▲9 | +13.5% |
| 12 | Haffner's | ▲10 | +13.3% |
| 13 | Pure Hockey | ▲13 | +12.9% |
| 14 | Gulf | ▲2 | +12.8% |
| 15 | Costco | ▲1 | +12.4% |
Store footprint
Store map
25,000 of 26,753 tracked store locations in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH, colored by category group. The top 5 chains by store count run 1,623 of the 26,753 stores (6%); 15,475 of the 17,118 tracked chains have a single store here.
- Food & Drink (10,260)
- Retail (3,750)
- Health & Beauty (3,597)
- Other (2,749)
- Gas & Auto (2,602)
- Grocery & Convenience (2,420)
- Leisure & Travel (1,350)
- Insurance (25)
Top tracked chains by store count
- 1 Dunkin' 616
- 2 CVS Pharmacy 310
- 3 Starbucks 263
- 4 United States Postal Service 259
- 5 7-Eleven 175
- 6 Exxon 165
- 7 McDonald's 156
- 8 Walgreens 152
- 9 Shell 139
- 10 Sunoco 101
- 11 Dollar Tree 101
- 12 Domino's Pizza 98
- 13 Subway 96
- 14 Cumberland Farms 95
- 15 Burger King 80
- 16 Gulf 77
- 17 Extra Space Storage 75
- 18 Stop & Shop 74
- 19 The UPS Store 66
- 20 Market Basket 62
- 21 AutoZone 61
- 22 Chipotle Mexican Grill 61
- 23 Wendy's 60
- 24 MBTA 58
- 25 Supercuts 57
- 26 Speedway 57
- 27 Panera Bread 56
- 28 Shaw's 54
- 29 Advance Auto Parts 48
- 30 Valvoline Instant Oil Change 47
- 31 T.J.Maxx 46
- 32 Marshalls 45
- 33 Enterprise Rent-A-Car 45
- 34 Staples 43
- 35 99 Restaurants 40
- 36 Family Dollar 40
- 37 O'Reilly Auto Parts 39
- 38 Five Guys 39
- 39 Target 39
- 40 Santander Bank US 37
- 41 Jersey Mike's Subs 37
- 42 The Home Depot 36
- 43 Taco Bell 35
- 44 AL Prime 35
- 45 Walmart 34
- 46 The Paper Store 34
- 47 Petco 32
- 48 Aroma Joe's Coffee 32
- 49 Nouria 32
- 50 Circle K 31
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